The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. MasonJ.F. Dove, 1820 |
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Page 47
... thing the most to our tastes , and which they indeed do the justice to esteem the glory of their collection , was a vase of an entire onyx , measuring at least five inches over , three deep , and of great thickness . It is at least two ...
... thing the most to our tastes , and which they indeed do the justice to esteem the glory of their collection , was a vase of an entire onyx , measuring at least five inches over , three deep , and of great thickness . It is at least two ...
Page 49
... thing . * Our astonishment at their absurdity you can never conceive ; we had enough to do to express it by screaming an hour louder than the whole dramatis personæ . We have also seen twice the Comedie Françoise ; first , the Mahomet ...
... thing . * Our astonishment at their absurdity you can never conceive ; we had enough to do to express it by screaming an hour louder than the whole dramatis personæ . We have also seen twice the Comedie Françoise ; first , the Mahomet ...
Page 52
... thing you behold savours too much of art ; all is forced , all is constrained about you ; statues and vases sowed every where without distinction ; sugar - loaves and minced - pies of yew ; scrawl- work of box , and little squirting ...
... thing you behold savours too much of art ; all is forced , all is constrained about you ; statues and vases sowed every where without distinction ; sugar - loaves and minced - pies of yew ; scrawl- work of box , and little squirting ...
Page 55
... thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards , and usual formalities . We are not to stay above a month ...
... thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards , and usual formalities . We are not to stay above a month ...
Page 63
... thing among themselves : the whole is quite orderly and sim- ple ; nothing of finery , but the wonderful decency , and the strange situation , more than supply the place of it . In the evening we descended by the same way , passing ...
... thing among themselves : the whole is quite orderly and sim- ple ; nothing of finery , but the wonderful decency , and the strange situation , more than supply the place of it . In the evening we descended by the same way , passing ...
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